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The world’s continental land surface contains an amazing array of diverse landscapes and ecosystems of which mountain areas cover 26.5%. Mountainous formations also occur across considerable areas of the ocean floor. So why do mountainous...

In continuation to the success of the first programme, IUCN in partnership with Bhaya Group and Coca-Cola Viet Nam are going to organize the Second “Action for A Green Ha Long” Campaign on January 10th, 2017. This programme is a part of the Ha Long – Cat...

Brandix Lanka Limited, Sri Lanka’s top-ranked exporter and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) joined hands to strengthen the ecological restoration of the Kelani River Basin. Brandix will finance the project and collaborate with the...

Cancun, Mexico, 8 December 2016 (IUCN) – Over 700 newly recognised bird species have been assessed for the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, and 11% of them are threatened with extinction. The update also reveals a devastating...

IUCN welcomes the recent declaration by the President of Mexico, His Excellency Mr Enrique Peña Nieto, of the establishment of four new protected areas in Mexico. This step will significantly accelerate global progress towards the global Convention...

How do the ways that the world grows its food affect the environmental systems that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth system, our global commons?
As we push these systems to their limits, how can major shifts in agriculture help bring them...

The National Congress on Climate Change, held in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, drew more than 700 people, including representatives of government, nongovernmental and civil society organizations, the private sector, and others.

Today, IUCN Director General Inger Andersen delivered the following statement to the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD CoP13) in Cancun, Mexico. In the statement, IUCN urges Parties to the...

This year the 6th National Congress on Research in Climate Change took place in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. The 300 participants included representatives of government institutions, nongovernmental institutions and academia, students, and the...

National Agency for Protected Areas of Albania and Public Enterprise National Parks of Montenegro signed a cooperation agreement today in Podgorica, deciding to enhance the cross-border cooperation in nature protection. Only the wise use of the biodiversity...

Increasing challenges with disasters are linked to environmental degradation but yet are not always recognized as an environmental emergency. The 6th Africa Regional Platform and 5th High Level Meeting on disaster risk reduction held in Mauritius on 22-25...

The “International Research Symposium on Valuation of Forest Ecosystems and their Services”, a ground-breaking symposium was held on 18 October 2016 at the BMICH in Colombo, as a part of the Sri Lanka NEXT: ‘A Blue - Green Era’ Conference and Exhibition held...

Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) is a private sector platform with more than 60 companies. Established in with the support of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), IUCN and Dilmah Conservation, BSL is focusing on national priorities that would set higher standards...

Organized by the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Sri Lanka NEXT: "A Blue - Green Era" Conference and Exhibition was held at the BMICH, Colombo from 17-19 October 2016. The goal was to promote sustainable development in Sri Lanka through blue...